Expanded dry protein-based food product and method for producing same
AssigneeProteifood S.A.
InventorsJean-Jacques SNAPPE, Pierre OLIVIER
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Abstract
The invention relates to an expanded dry food product comprising at least the following ingredients: a food-grade plant- or animal-based protein concentrate; a food-grade fat; a food-grade texturising additive selected from the group consisting of plant-based hydrocolloids and gelling agents, starch, preferably modified starch, proteolytic additives and hydrolysis products thereof, and acidifying agents and salts thereof; and residual water. The invention also relates to a method for producing said expanded dry food product from a thermally expandable precursor.
Claims15
Expanded dry food product comprising at least the following ingredients:
- a protein concentrate of animal or vegetable origin, food-grade,
- a food-grade fat,
- a food-grade texturizing additive selected from the group consisting of hydrocolloids and vegetable gelling agents, starch preferably modified, proteolytic additives and their hydrolysis products, and the acidifying agents and their salts thereof,
- residual water,
- characterized in that the weight ratio of the food-grade fat to water is of 5/1 to 3/1.
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